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Wireline
NPA launches consultation on rural telecoms development fund Nepal Nepal
Nepal’s national telecoms regulator, the Nepal Telecommunications Authority (NTA), has launched a consultation on developing a r ...
Wireless
Syria courts Russian mobile operators Syria Syria
Russia's Communications Minister Igor Shchyogolev said yesterday that the government in Syria is considering allowing a Russian ...
Marcatel confirms it will bid in spectrum auction Mexico Mexico
BNamericas is reporting that Mexican telco Marcatel plans to take part in the country’s planned spectrum auction as it looks to ...
Broadband
Regulator allows Bell to carry on throttling; will review ISP practices Canada Canada
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) yesterday denied the Canadian Association of Internet Pro ...
Telefonica considering ADSL operator purchase in Germany Spain Spain
Spanish news source Cinco Dias is reporting that Telefonica has held talks with multiple German broadband operators with a view ...
Vodafone Espana launches ADSL and pay-TV bundle Spain Spain
Spanish mobile operator Vodafone has announced the launch of a bundled service including ADSL and pay-TV, in conjunction with Di ...
WiMAX
Clearwire shareholders approve WiMAX spin-off United States United States
Clearwire shareholders voted yesterday to approve the deal, first announced in May, that will merge the company’s WiMAX operatio ...
ANC pushes back deadline for WiMAX tender Romania Romania
The National Authority for Communications (ANC) has said that tenders for two additional licences to use the 3.6GHz-3.8GHz frequ ...
Corporate/Financial
Vodafone eyes Nigeria and plans to keep Verizon Wireless stake - for now Nigeria Nigeria
Speaking at a conference in Spain, Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao revealed that the company was interested in establishing a presen ...
Job cuts planned as Freenet integrates Debitel Germany Germany
According to Telecompaper, Freenet and mobile subsidiary Debitel will cut 1,000 jobs as part of the integration of the latter in ...
3 Italia not splitting up Italy Italy
Hutchison Whampoa’s Italian mobile unit 3 Italia has released a statement denying it has held secret talks regarding the possibi ...
Indosat draws down USD450m from syndicated loan fund Indonesia Indonesia
Indonesia's second largest telecoms group Indosat has drawn down the entire USD450 million loan provided to it by a syndicate ar ...
Telenor decision on rights issue likely by mid-January Norway Norway
According to Reuters, Norwegian telecoms group Telenor will wait until mid-January 2009 before finalising a decision on whether ...
Miscellaneous
Lula approves telecoms law change Brazil Brazil
Brazil’s president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday approved a change to the country's telecoms law, BNamericas writes citing ...
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